Monitoring & Automation Automation Engineer
Location: San Jose CA (Onsite)
Contract
Required Technical Skills/Qualifications
- Strong handson experience with Ansible for automation orchestration and configuration management.
- Strong Python programming skills including experience in developing automation scripts APIs and integrations.
- Expertise in writing Ansible playbooks roles and custom modules.
- Proficient in Linux/Unix system administration including networking security and shell scripting.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles and tools.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating Ansible with other automation tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and automating cloud infrastructure using Ansible.
- Solid troubleshooting skills in a complex multienvironment IT infrastructure.
Preferred Technical Skills/ Qualifications
- Experience with other automation tools like Puppet Chef or Terraform.
- Advanced Python development skills including objectoriented programming writing REST APIs and handling complex data structures.
- Knowledge of Python frameworks such as Flask or Django for building automation services and APIs.
- Familiarity with Docker Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
- Knowledge of version control systems (Git) and best practices in software development and automation workflows.
- ITIL certification or similar industry certifications related to automation Python development or DevOps.
- Knowledge of Cisco product portfolio including Collaboration Networking Datacenter Security